Hajin maintained the Sovereign Grasp around the child's body, soul membrane, and core while the extraction chamber crumbled around them.
He placed one palm gently across the child's sternum and supported her jaw with his fingers, guiding her breathing through the tremors.
Didi knelt at the threshold of the rescue formation, her four frost shards vibrating with unyielding defensive resonance.
She kept the Underworld ownership claim suspended, preventing the dark mandate from tracking the child's fluctuating demonic core.
The Divine Lever remained physically wedged in the seam while its final twenty seconds of active support ticked away.
The child shifted within the golden grasp as residual alchemical commands pulsed across the shattered containment array.
Hajin felt the foreign mandate attempting to seize her spiritual mark, the reflected agony scraping along his own ribs.
